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LUNENBURG, Mass. — A Lunenburg man suffered serious injuries when his girlfriend attacked him with an ax early Wednesday morning, police said.

The mother of a former Lunenburg High football player who quit the team after a racial slur was spray-painted on the foundation of the family’s home lied to investigators and stopped cooperating with the probe when asked to make a formal written statement, police said in court papers unsealed today. The papers, written in support of yesterday’s search warrant at the home of 13-year-old Isaac Phillips and his family, said cops believe Phillips’s mother, Andrea Brazier, “made false statements misleading investigators” and “is in possession of any and all instruments pertaining to the crime of defacing property” being kept at...

Ponzi schemer Madoff gave Dems $1000's of dollars. Sen. Charles Schumer tops list with $29,300 from Madoff and family; Schumer's office said it donated $8,000 to police and fire endowments. Madoff or family gave $11,600 to Sen. Frank Lunenburg (D-NJ); Hillary Clinton got nearly $9,000 for Senate and presidential campaigns; Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Harlem) received $2,000.